Written for the compute-intensive site administrator and user, this article highlights the benefits, presents preferred practices, and provides useful recommendations for using enterprise server tools and features available in commercial environments.

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This article provides an overview of enterprise tools and features for
managing systems and resources in compute-intensive environments typically found
in high performance computing (HPC). This article provides recommendations to
system administrators and users for taking advantage of these tools and
features. The article covers the following:

"Enterprise Server Environments"

"Enterprise Server Tools"

"Enterprise Server Features"

Introduction

The adoption of node clustering architecture in high performance computing
(HPC) is welcomed by both customers and computer vendors such as Sun
Microsystems, Inc. The compute intensive community is now able to build powerful
systems using regular computers that typically were used in business-type
environments. Customers from both business and technical computing environments
can take advantage of each other's strengths to improve their computing
capabilities. The business environment can take advantage of advances in
algorithmic development that lead to higher computing performance. Technical and
scientific environments can take advantage of legacy tools that matured in
business environments.